Q 58
30.
Contour Surveys and Levelling. The following contour surveys were carried out during the year. In all cases the surveys were plotted to a scale of 1/600 and contours plotted at ten feet vertical intervals.
Locality. Area surveyed in acres. Area plotted in acres. Chainage in feet. HONG KONG Island: Site of proposed road from Causeway Bay to Mount Parker Road 50.00 50.00 19,000 Building sites between South Bay Road and Island Road 50.75 50.75 20,000 Mt. Cameron 15.00 6.00 6,650 Six other areas totalling 19.75 19.75 13,200 NEW KOWLOON. Kowloon Tong 12.00 12.00 3,000 NEW TERRITORIES. Tsun Wan 155.00 125.00 31,000LEVELLING OF THE COLONY.
Owing to shortage of staff very little levelling work was carried out during the year.
The bench mark on mile-stone No. 16 at Tai Lam Chung and Bench Mark 180, Barker Road were re-valued.
All bench marks in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon were inspected during the year and those missing were recorded for future re-fixing.
Mean Sea Level for 1938 was computed from tide gauge records.
H. WEST,
Superintendent of Crown Lands and Surveys.
Hong Kong, 1939.